Comparison

Orquest vs Work Log

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Orquest

Manage your work schedule, track hours, and communicate availability with your employer. Receive real-time updates on shifts, tasks, and time-off requests. This app facilitates seamless clock-ins and offers vacant shift opportunities.

Highlights
  • Real-time schedule updates
  • Shift and task notifications
  • Work hour and break logging
  • Availability sharing
  • Time off and shift requests
  • Vacant shift offers
Features
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Your scheduling at hand. Any time, anywhere. What can you do with the Orquest App? - Stay informed with the latest updates on your shifts and assigned tasks. - Receive real-time schedule updates, keeping you in the loop. - Seamlessly log your work hours and breaks. - Share your availability with your manager effortlessly. - Request time off or specific shifts with ease. - Receive vacant shift offers and take them if it works for you. All designed with your comfort in mind, to ensure a flawless experience. Download it now. Your location is requested to facilitate clock-ins, clock-outs, and your well-deserved breaks. Access to the Orquest App is exclusively available to subscribed companies.

About

Work Log

Easily log your work shifts, track hours, and calculate earnings. This app offers detailed features for overtime, tips, expenses, and more, with customizable settings and flexible reporting. Upgrade to remove ads and unlock unlimited jobs.

Highlights
  • Track hours, expenses, tips, and mileage
  • Automatic break deduction
  • Overtime and premium hour tracking
  • Customizable pay periods
  • Manual or automatic time entry
  • Detailed notes section
Features
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Work Log is a shift and hours tracker for hourly workers, salaried staff and contractors. Log every shift, and see your hours, overtime, time off and estimated pay for each pay period, or turn them into a PDF timesheet for your employer or an invoice for your client. Punch in and out, or add shifts by hand. Work Log adds up your hours and works out your pay for every shift, week, month and pay period. KNOW YOUR PAY • Pay periods that match your paycheck: weekly, every two weeks, twice a month, monthly or your own schedule • Overtime by shift, week or pay period, up to three tiers, as a fixed rate or a multiplier like 1.5× • Premium and shift-differential rates for nights, weekends and holidays • A clear paycheck breakdown: regular hours, overtime, premium pay and the estimated total • Estimate your net pay with named taxes, deductions and bonuses. Set your own percentages or flat amounts. Flat amounts can apply per pay period, shift or hour, with before-tax deductions where needed. • Tips, sales, expenses, mileage, per diem, bonuses, deductions, raises and holiday pay TRACK YOUR TIME • Punch in and out with one tap, or enter shifts manually • Home Screen widget: punch in without opening the app • Reminders to punch out, end a break or take one • Quick Shifts, automatic breaks and rounding • Notes on any shift • Time zones per job, so your records stay right when you travel ADD YOUR SCHEDULE • Take a photo of the roster, or share a PDF or spreadsheet from WhatsApp, email or Files • Your shifts are found; if several people are listed, you pick your name • Review and change anything before it's added • Upcoming shifts are added as scheduled, with optional reminders. Punch in or Confirm with one tap; they're never counted until worked. • Your first import is free TIME OFF AND INVOICES • Time off: log vacation, sick and personal days, and see your balances with accrual, carry-over and yearly resets • PDF invoices: bill clients straight from your shifts, with invoice numbers, payment terms and tax (Pro) • Timesheets and spreadsheets: export any period as PDF or XLSX (Pro) • Your shifts online: view, edit and export them from any computer at worklogdashboard.com (Pro) SEE IT YOUR WAY • Monthly calendar: see worked shifts, scheduled shifts and time off together, then choose a day to view its entries or add a shift. • View your shifts by day, week, month, pay period or year, as a list or a calendar • A Home Screen panel you can customize: today, this week, your pay period, year to date and time off • Light and dark themes, and your own date, time and currency formats • Available in 23 languages KEEP IT SAFE • Free cloud backup and sync across your devices (sign-in required) • Local backups you can restore at any time WORK LOG PRO Upgrade to remove ads and get: • Import your schedule from a photo, PDF or spreadsheet • Multiple jobs, each with its own rates and settings • Spreadsheet and PDF exports, including timesheets and invoices • Your shifts online at worklogdashboard.com Does your employer use Work Log? Link to your employer in the app and Pro is included. FOR EMPLOYERS Work Log - Dashboard shows your team's hours in one place: a team overview, a page for each employee, scheduled email reports for your bookkeeper, and shared access for an office manager.

Screenshots

Orquest4 screens
Work Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

Orquest and Work Log both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 82% of Work Log's written reviews are positive against 38% of Orquest's. Work Log also leads on ratings volume (4.5K vs 801). Orquest's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, update cadence and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Work Log sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Orquest asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Orquest against 4.8 for Work Log. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Work Log has 4.5K ratings behind it against 801, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 38% of Orquest's written reviews are positive against 82% of Work Log's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orquest ships an update every 9 days, Work Log every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Orquest versus Work Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrquestWork Log
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (801 ratings)4.8 (4.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews82.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8014.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDecide SolucionesAR Productions Inc

Customer experience

Orquest

All ratings801 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative50.0%

Work Log

All ratings4,423 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral2.3%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews215 reviews
Positive82.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative14.4%

Bugs and requests

Orquest

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Work Log

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Input times changing automatically
  • White screen on app launch
  • Shifts disappearing from history
  • 24-hour clock mode not disabling
  • Subscription not transferring to new device

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to duplicate/repeat shifts
  • Include job/client name tagging
  • Implement overtime pay calculations
  • Provide currency options beyond USD
  • Enable syncing across multiple devices

In-app purchases

None

Orquest

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Work Log

Subscriptions2
  • Work Log Pro - Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Work Log Pro - Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Orquest free?
Orquest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Work Log free?
Work Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Orquest or Work Log?
Work Log is rated higher. Orquest averages 4.8 out of 5 from 801 ratings, while Work Log averages 4.8 from 4.5K ratings.
Do Orquest or Work Log have ads?
Work Log shows ads; Orquest does not.
Which is updated more often, Orquest or Work Log?
Orquest ships an update every 9 days, and Work Log every 10 days. Most recently, Orquest was updated on October 13, 2026 and Work Log on October 14, 2026.

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